Cereals, primary — Yield in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Cereals, primary — Yield was 2,515 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, cereals, primary — yield in Nicaragua stood at 2,515 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.6% on the previous year and up 42.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Nicaragua peaked at 2,515 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 891.3 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places Nicaragua 112th out of 193 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,023 kg/ha | 937.7 kg/ha | 1,092 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,115 kg/ha | 891.3 kg/ha | 1,380 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,649 kg/ha | 1,471 kg/ha | 1,906 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,654 kg/ha | 1,417 kg/ha | 1,787 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,816 kg/ha | 1,688 kg/ha | 2,077 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,021 kg/ha | 1,763 kg/ha | 2,282 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,375 kg/ha | 2,224 kg/ha | 2,515 kg/ha | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Nicaragua
- Agriculture share gdp 14.48 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.48 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
- Rural population 40.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 2.84 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.22 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 90,616 t (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Nicaragua?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Nicaragua was 2,515 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 2,515 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 891.3 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Nicaragua rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Nicaragua ranks 112th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.